sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
How do u date
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
Not that I'm looking to
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
I just realised I've been single through my entire 20s and I don't think I've ever dated
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
idk how you do it
Tairanosaur
I'm in my mid-30s and I've never dated. Just... a thing
Tairanosaur
Like, whatever, if I want to, I'll do it /shrug
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
Do you mean like, just going on dates, or like... being in a relationship with someone?
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𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
I am 28 and I have never dated either. So if someone knows I would be glad if they could share it here.
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
: For me it's YES
ᴏᴋᴀʀᴜɴ 👾
Same
❥𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓪.
I have never really dated. I just sort of run into friends of friends and we move in together a few weeks later???
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
❥𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓪.
: magic
❥𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓪.
lmao
𝒹𝓊𝓀𝑒
basically you hang out 1-on-1 and the other person says "do you want to date?" and voila ur dating
❥𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓪.
Yeah I went on a trip to the other side of the country to hang with a friend and met her roommate there and now 8.5 years later said roommate and I have a 3 year old basset hound and a joint bank account.
lacroix
a mystery
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
: both tbh
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
𝒹𝓊𝓀𝑒
: but how do u actually date. How do u do a date.
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
Tbh I've never done the whole stereotypical dating thing? Like going on dates to get to know someone. I've always had friendships that blossomed into something more.
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
Like I knew my husband for 5 years before we dated, and then married. Otherwise when we go on dates we honestly are just hanging and getting food its whatever you want it to be
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
❥𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓪.
: truly magic
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
: you are living the dream
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
I kinda skipped dating. And then eventually found someone I really liked and headbutted them.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
Astonishingly this worked so my conclusion is that dating is BS.
ωαℓєω∂єя 👑
Dating is weird and usually completely unnecessary imo. Like, the whole thing is a really awkward set up that I feel doesn't help anyone actually get to know the person.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
yeah, seriously.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
If there's someone you like, invite them to do something fun. Something you both find fun. Because honestly what's the point of dating/being with someone if you don't enjoy their company?
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
Also one thing I wish I'd figured out when I was younger is that I was always so terrified of asking people out, and I did always get turned down (until the headbutt), but the people I asked were always really flattered and often became friends, so rejection just...wasn't as awful as it was in my head.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
If someone is going to reject you in a humiliating fashion, they're an ass and you don't want them anyway. If they're decent, they'll at least be happy to know someone thought of them like that even if they don't share the interest.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
So yeah, go for it, headbutt evreryone.
ღuɛɛɴ ♔
Sparingly?
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
: was this a literal headbutt
Agent Dad
Depends what you mean by "dating". Its just spending time with someone isn't it. Either doing something together, like going out to a restaurant or cinema or just hanging out together watching TV with wine and pizza.
Agent Dad
It is whatever you want it to be
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
Agent Dad
: oh I guess that's why I don't do it v:
reineke
yeah, like, if you are my fiancee and me it is stuff like watching the Cats musical DVD three times in a row, analysing the trailer for the movie frame by frame and doing some tags x)
reineke
honestly, in my case being with my partner means being with my best friend and having a great time, just sometimes we kiss and stuff
reineke
so, there is a romantic comp
reineke
component to how we feel about each other and some interactions, but WHAT we do otherwise isn't any specific 'dating' activity
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
reineke
: it's funny it all sounds real nice until I'm like 'oh wait I'll have to actually spend time with this person' and then it's just
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
ah. no. no thank you.
reineke
yeah, I get that, I was similar to that and my fiancee even more so, I still can't imagine it with anyone else... so I don't wanna be the person to say: "You just have to meet the right person." but I do think that for some people, if they meet the right person, it really is different
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
♡ to everyone here.
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
I really want to be in a relationship but I also am like "But I have to actually spend a lot of time with them" and that is kinda weird.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
it was a literal headbutt.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
the moment had clearly arrived for me to ask him out, but I couldn't think what to say, so I headbutted him in helpless adoring frustration.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
fortunately he was in a similar state and knew exactly what it meant.
𝔂𝓾𝓶𝓲
fffffff omg
YouKnowWhoIAm
If it helps, when you find the right one you want to spend time with them.
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
YouKnowWhoIAm
: sort of. I just can't imagine liking anyone so much that I don't prefer to be by myself.
YouKnowWhoIAm
Yeah, I know that feeling. "Come here and cuddle me, thank you, now go away."
YouKnowWhoIAm
My first boyfriend, I met at college. My second, at a hobby group. My third, at a work dinner. My fourth, when I sat next to him on a plane.
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
sᴏғᴛ ɢɪʀʟɪᴇ🌵
I'm very territorial and its got worse as I've got older. If I want to be alone I need no one to be in the house. Not just in another room.
YouKnowWhoIAm
Once you have a partner, dating is basically doing fun tourist stuff together. Spending time with each other doing things you find enjoyable.
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
Yeahhh doesn't sound appealing.
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
It's just one of those where sometimes it sounds nice and then I think about it and realise I hate pretty much everything about being in a relationship.
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
Which is why I've been single for 10 years.
YouKnowWhoIAm
In that case, I recommend cats.
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
THAT'S THE PLAN
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
IT'S A GOOD PLAN
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
seriously being in a relationship is not at all obligatory
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
: Oh, I know. It just feels like sometimes it might be 'nice'.
ƒιιɴᴅιsʜ
Then I remember I'd probably hate it.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
or relationships where you meet up and cuddle sometimes but mostly just talk long-distance because being alone is also awesome
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
all fair!
YouKnowWhoIAm
ideal partner: lives next door and is available for cuddles or occasional computer/board games.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
honestly that sounds pretty great